Summer school "Plasmonics, Functionalization and Biosensing"
From April 24th to April 30th, 2011 the summer school "Plasmonics, Functionalization and Biosensing" takes place in context of the occasion of the 625th anniversary of the Ruprecht-Karls-University. Highlights of the anniversary year can be found here.
The summer school is part of the FP7 Collaborative project "Nanoantenna" (HEALTH-F5-2009-241818). The main goal of our project is to develop a novel optical nanobiosensor based on extraordinary vibrational signal enhancement of the proteins to be detected. To reach vibrational signal increase, we will exploit the optical properties of specially designed metallic nanoparticles which should act as nanoantenna and the associated field enhancement to obtain a direct detection of proteins bound to the nanoparticle. Our flyer can be downloaded here.
Lectures
A pdf versions of the lectures can be foundConference photo
image taken by Dr. Björn Kindler
Scientific Topics
Topics range from fundamental plasmonics to functionalization of metal surfaces and to the application of plasmon enhanced spectroscopy to bio- and medical sensing. The summer school includes lectures, talks, posters, and workshops. Participants can submit abstracts for talks and posters.